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MILES O. ROOT, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS l'IO RANDALL G.vBACON AND ALBERT VILL, OF SAME PLACE.

PORTABLE OVEN.`

SPECIFICATION farming part of Letters Patent No. 371,151, dated October4, 1887.

' l Application filed July 6. 1885. Serial No.170,825 (No modell T a/ZZwhom may concern.

Beit known that I, MILES C. ROOT, of Toledo, in the county of Lucas, andin the State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Portable Ovens; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a perspective view of myapparatus from the front, the door being opened to show the interiorconstruclion. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section of the same upon aline passing through its longest axis, and Fig. 3 is a like view of saidapparatus upon a line passing from front to rear. Letters of like nameand parts in each of the figures.

The design of my invention is to enable the heat of a gas or lamp stoveto be utilized for the purpose of baking, roasting, Ste.; and to thisend said invention consists, principally, in a portable oven having-thedues extending from the hot-air space below the oven-cham ber up on bothsides ofthe latter, and opening into the chamber at the middle of itstop. and the outward-leading passages through the sides of the chambernear its bottom, substantially as and for the purpose hereinafterspecified.

It consists, further, in a portable oven, in combination with theoven-chamber having the opening in the middle of its top, the casing,open at its lower side, in-closing the ovenchamber so as to leave spacesaround its sides J and over its top, and the iiues leading from near`the bottom of the oven-chamber out through the chamber and casingsides,substan tially as and for thepurpose hereinafter shown.

It consists, further, in combining with the inner chamber or ovenproper, provided with an opening in its top at .or near its middle pointand with one or more openings or passages in its bottom, dues-forreceiving and conducting heated air from below the oven, extendingupward and over the oven top to lthe opening therein, and means,substantially as described, for opening or closing the opening oropenings in the oven-bottom to admit or cut olf the passage of heatedair from below up into the lower part of the oven, all substantiallyasand for the purpose set forth.

kind indicate like It consists, further, in combining with the innerchamber or oven proper, provided with an opening at or near the middleof its top and with one or more openings in its bottom, the casinginelosing the sides and top of the oven proper, so as to leave a spacearound the same open at the bottom to receive heated air from below theoven, iues passing from the lower portion of the oven outward throughthe 5o casing, a deiiector below the oven-bottoni provided with one ormore small openings, and lids or covers for closing and opening theopenings in the oven-bottom, substantially as and for the purposehereinafter shown and described.

It consists, finally, in the. construction and combination of parts,substantially as and for the purpose hereinafter shown and described.

In the annexed drawings, A represents the 7o exterior shell ot' myoven,which has a-general rectangular form and such dimensions as willadapt it to the stove to which it is to be applied. Oneside of saidcasing is provided with a door, B, through which access may be had toitsinterior.

Within the casing A is a second smaller casing, C, between the bottom,ends, and top of which and the corresponding parts of said outer casingare left spaces D, E, and F, re- 8o spectively, that communicate witheach other, and through an opening, a, at the bottom of said casing Awith the open air beneath the oven.

The space or {iue Dhasaconsiderable depth, and within the same is achamber, G, which is formed by a double-inclined plate, I-I, that issecured at its edges to or upon the lower face of the bottom of theinner casing, C, said chamber G being between. the latter and the 9oconcave upper face of the former. Vithin the central portion of saiddeiiectingplat-e are provided two or more openings, 7L, and within thebottom ofsaid casing C are two or more larger openings, c, that areinclosed from above,when desired, by pivoted or hinged covers C'.

At the upper side and longitudinal center of the inner casing,O, is anopening, c', through which communication is afforded between the iiue Fand the interior of the oven,whle at or rco near the bottom of saidinterior, at each end, are two or more dues, I, that extend between thesame and the outer air, passing through the end flues,

Suitable ledges, K, being provided for the support at differentelevations of a grating, L, the apparatus is complete, and is used inthe ordinary manner by being placed over the flame ota gas or lampstove. Heated air will enter the space or flue D, and, striking againstthe convex surface ofthe plate H, is detlected equally in all directionshorizontally. From said due D the heated air ascends the end tlues, E,and enters the top line, F. from which it passes through the opening cinto the upper portion of the interior of the oven,where, at'ter YYlosing` therein a portion of its heat, it reaches the lower portion ofsaid oven, and escapes therefrom through the iiues I.

For baking purposes the operation described is effective and as rapid asis expedient, and as heat is evenly distributed through the interior ot'the oven each portion of the article being operated upon will receiveits propershare; but for roasting purposes it may be necessary that thelower part of the oven be heated to a higher point than would bepracticable by the arrangement shown, in which event by partly orentirely opening the covers C hot air in any desired quantity will passdirectly into said oven.

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of my invention,what Iclaim ish l. A portable oven having the flues extend. ing from thehot-air space below the ovenchamber up on both sides of the latter, andopening into the chamber at the middle of its top,and theoutward-leading passages through vthe sides of the chamber near itsbottom, sub stantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a portable oven, in combination with the oven-chamber having theopening in the middle of its top, the casing, open at its lower side,inclosing the oven-chamber so as to leave spaces around its sides andover its top, and the lines leading from near the bottom o1" theoven-chamber out through the chamber and casing sides, substantially asand for the purpose shown.

3. In combination With the inner chamber or oven proper provided with anopening at the middle of its top and with one or more openings in itsbottom, iiues or passages eX- tending from the hotair space below thechamber up on opposite sides of the chamber and to the openingin itstop, and suitable movable covers for opening and closing the openingsinthe oven-bottom, substantially'as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In combination with the inner chamber or oven proper provided with anopening at or near the middle ot' its top and with one or more openingsin its bottom, the casing inclosing the sides and top of the ovenproper, so as to leave a space arou nd the same open at the bottom toreceive heated air from below the oven, titles passing from the lowerportion ot' the oven outward through the casing, a deiector below theoven-bottom, provided with one ormore small openings, and lids orcoversfor closing and opening the openings in the oven-bottom, substantiallyas and for the purpose shown and described.

5. The oven composed of the out-er easing, A, provided with the bottomopening, a, and side door, B, the inner casing, C, having the openings cand c and covers O, the deflecting-plate H, provided with the openingsh, the dues D, E, F, and I, and the chamber G, all constructed andcombined to operate substantially as and for the purpose shown anddescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I, have hereunto set my handthis 29th day of June, A. D. 1885.

M ILES C. ROOT.

Witnesses:

I. E. KINsLEY, FRANK HILLENKAMP.

